The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-07
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The land board died last night.
Only forty-thrse counties have yet to
send in their scholastic abstracts.
Within the last sixty days 2,700 letters
have been written and mailed from the
office of the superintendent of public in
struction.
Adjutant general King reports matters
quiet in his department.
The governor will return from Waco to-
night.
The following charters were filed yes
terday: The Homestead Land and I'm
provement company, of San Antonio.
Capital, $4,000. Incorporators, l.. M.
Gregory, John Shand and F. NJ. Roberts.
The San Antonio Land and Improve
ment company. Capital, 100000. In
corporators, same as above.
The Colored Farmers home.
Power Lodge, of Tyler. .
The Snegerbunde, of Austin. Incor-
porators M. Mas, Aug. j. Beckman and
II. Pfafflin.
G. G. Wright, collector of Clay county,
settled with the comptroller yesterday.
The July interest has been pardon all
state bonds held by the special funds Ill
the treasury.
Collections yesterday aggregated about
$4,000.
The land commissioner and treasurer
have come to a conclusion as to the
transfer and placing of the land board
books in the treasurer's office. The treas
urer retains the services of Messrs. Wilson
and James, who have been efficient book
keepers of the land board accounts since
its inaug uretion, in 1888.
The Twentieth Legislature authorized
the employment of ton additional clerks
for that work.
The following letter has been issued by
the attorney general:
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
AUSTIN, June 90, 1887. I
j B. Robertson, Eeq, County Attorney GEORGE
Dear sir-By letter of the 9th inst you ask the
two questions: First, What effect will chapter ~,
acts OF 1887, have on persons who nave taken out
license for twelve months, under the old law, for
the retail of splrituous liquors? Second, VIII that
class of saloon keepers be required to remove their
screens ETC.. at the time this new law takes effect!
Beginning on line ten, page ~, OF said acts OF
1887 covering theee points, the following language
is used: "The provision of this section shall not
be construed as to repeal or In any manner aect
any penal laws now in force in this state concern
ing tie unlawful sale of spirituous, Vlnous or mali
liquors, or medicated bittere cspable of producing
iRtoxcation; nor snail they be construed as de
priving any person, firm or association OF persons
who are now pursuing the occupation or selling
spirituous vinous or malt liquors, OF indicated
bitters capable of producing 1ntoXlcatlon, In any
quantity, who have complied with the law regulat-
ing the came, from continuing me saiu pursuI " "
license was obtained, and the law otherwise com
piled with.
will take effect on July 4th, ninety days from tn
adjournment of the legislature. (Const., art: 3
sec 39) At that time it begins to speak. Th
mere fact that the exception as to dealers who hay
"who are now pursuing" will not have the effec
to give the exception an earlier operation thai
the other parts of the act, on the ground OF tn
we'll established rule of construction that repeal
ing and saving clauees in an enactment OF the leg
isature do not operate earlier than the rest OF tn
act though expressed in the present tense" {
Ind =, 496) So, therefore, no person who shal
have obtained license rs saloon keeper withll
tho twelve months prior to July the 4th will be il
any way affected by the provisions OF this new Law
until his license expires according TO lte terme
The old law stands nnrePealed and in full force a
to them until their license terminates up to Whlc
time they cannot be lawfully required to give tn
So 900 bond, or to remove their screens, pictures
etc, under the provisions OF the new law.
Upon these points there can be no doubt as Il
the expressed will and intent of the Legislature
that the late law referred to shall begin operation
on the 4th proxmo, and that none of its provision
will in the least affect any person except those VIII
may begin the saloon business on OF after tina
date And you are 80 most respectfully advised
Yonr obedient servant,
j. s. HoGs, Attorney general.
Information has been received at tn
} governors office, that F. L. Oglesby, OK
: sheriff of Maverick county, who defaulte
, sometime ago, and skipped, has been cap
! tured at Los Angeles. Oglesby will b
remembered as the Texas officer who sur
+. rendered Rasures to the Mexicans at Eagl
3 Pass, when he was taken across the rive
and slain.